Tealscript does this - it lets you define a long stroke from the bottom of the screen to the top of the screen as "lock and off". Just tried it and it works even though the Treo does not have a silk screen area.

The problem I've had with all these locking applications is that they don't suppress screens from other applications to show.. For instance if I lock with Teal Lock or mSafe or something like that and I get a message from Verichat - the message still shows on my locked Treo.. I would like a locking application that would truly LOCK it and not show any screens until it is unlocked

Can the Treo's built-in security app be set to automatically lock the Treo 650 if it is reset? As far as I can tell, although the Treo 650's security application can lock the 650 after a pre-set interval, it can't automatically lock the Treo if it's reset.

Launcher X has that feature on it's Gadget Bar settings. One tap on the icon and your phone is locked and off. Don't know what happens when you receive an SMS, but I can try it and let you know if interested.

Well, OK. But it only takes two steps, assign the security app to a button. Press button and then the lock button is highlighted by default so you only have to press the center button. Two presses total.

I think you are right, I don't see a way to have it run after a reset.

Originally Posted by badler

Can the Treo's built-in security app be set to automatically lock the Treo 650 if it is reset? As far as I can tell, although the Treo 650's security application can lock the 650 after a pre-set interval, it can't automatically lock the Treo if it's reset.

Well, OK. But it only takes two steps, assign the security app to a button. Press button and then the lock button is highlighted by default so you only have to press the center button. Two presses total.

Don't know of anything that is going to do it faster, sorry.

it's three on my Treo, because there's a confirmation screen after you press the center button. No big deal, just looking for the quickest way to turn off and lock while I'm doing something else.

I think you are right, I don't see a way to have it run after a reset.

actually if the phone is already "locked" and then soft reset, it will still be "locked" upon reset. however, i'm assuming after a hard reset that would not be the case ... but then again, all that info that was being protected would be lost anyways.

Last edited by ivyrose; 02/23/2005 at 12:03 PM.

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one more thing, the built in security app *does not* lock the device after preset time, it simply does not work. Try it, set you device to lock at preset time that is more than two hours away from the time you set and see for your self.

The built-in app does lock the device after a preset period of "inactivity", but the definition of inactivity is interesting. If you have any ongoing communication in the background, like email fetching with VersaMail or Chatter), the app might never be considered inactive enough to get locked. If you disable all such programs (not a real solution) the device will lock.

It seems to me that the built-in security app didn't change much in many years and should be modified to work on smartphones which have data connections. I used to use TealLock with my 600 because it didn't have this problem. I seem to remember that TealLock had some setting(s) that could help with popups also. What I don't remember is why I stopped using it; it had another problem that annoyed me and led me to stop using it after a few months However, it wasn't the lack of locking if I remember correctly.

I am thinking of registering mSafe. It is one cool little program. It basically uses the built in lock of the palmOS, but with a twist - you send yourself an SMS from anywhere with the line "mSafe lock yourpassword" and it locks your Treo remotely! You can also send the line "mSafe wipe otherpassword" and it will wipe the contents of your Treo!!! If you lose your Treo or someone steals it, send it an SMS and voila! It even has settings to wipe the SD card. Its like $8 or something. Very nifty.

I thought I'd mention that there's another Treo locking program that's supposed to be coming: DeviceGuard. I don't know anything else about this program, besides what is on the developer's website: http://www.mantragroup.com/devguard.htm